EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students)
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
AdmissionsJapanese
Japan's admission exam for international students applying to undergraduate programmes at Japanese universities. It tests Japanese and academic subjects, and you take the subjects your chosen universities require.
Details
- Format
- Subjects: Japanese as a Foreign Language (125 minutes), Science (80 minutes; choose two of physics, chemistry and biology), Japan and the World (80 minutes) and Mathematics (80 minutes; Course 1 or Course 2). You cannot take both Science and Japan and the World. Apart from Japanese as a Foreign Language, subjects can be taken in Japanese or English. Revised syllabuses for Science, Japan and the World, and Mathematics apply from 2026.
- Scoring
- Japanese as a Foreign Language: reading, listening and listening-reading are scored 0–400, and writing 0–50. Science, Japan and the World, and Mathematics are each scored 0–200. Scores are scaled so that different sessions can be compared. Each university sets its own expectations.
- Results valid for
- Scores remain valid for 2 years, so universities can consider scores from up to four sessions.
- How you take it
- On paper (mark-sheet answers with an HB pencil, plus a written answer for the Japanese writing task). Held twice a year, in June and November (in 2026: 21 June and 8 November), in Japan and in some cities in Asia, such as New Delhi, Jakarta, Seoul and Bangkok.
- Fee
- In Japan (2026): ¥12,000 for one subject or ¥23,000 for two or three subjects. Outside Japan, each country has its own fee in local currency.